Chapter 204: Zhangren Mountain
Zhangren Mountain has a long history, according to legend, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor has Ning Fengzi from time to time, living in Zhangren Mountain to cultivate, once taught the Yellow Emperor the "dragon Ji technique" of the wind and clouds, the Yellow Emperor built an altar to worship it as "the five mountains of Zhangren", this is the origin of Zhangren Mountain. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In 143 A.D. (the second year of Han'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty), two years after writing the twenty-four Taoist books, Zhang Ling arrived at Zhangren Mountain, where he preached and founded the local religion of China - Taoism, making Zhangren Mountain the first of the four famous mountains in China.
Zhangren Mountain is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain, and those Taoist buildings are mainly concentrated in the front mountain, such as Jianfu Palace, Natural Pictures, Tianshi Cave, Chaoyang Cave, Laojun Pavilion, Patriarch Hall and Shangqing Palace. The back mountains are mainly some more beautiful scenery, the water is beautiful, the forest is secluded, the mountains are majestic, the summer is extremely cool, and the winter is cold.
Because Wang Menglin and Lin Feng were going to worship, they naturally chose to go to Qianshan, and after buying tickets, we started the climbing journey. The forest on the mountain is verdant, evergreen in all seasons, the peaks are surrounded by each other, the shape is like a city outline, the Dan ladder is a thousand steps, and the winding path is secluded.
The air on the mountain is pure, the breathing is relatively comfortable, and the aura here is much richer than in other places, so it is no wonder that the ancestor of Taoism chose to establish Taoism here. Immersed in the air, I felt the pores of my whole body open.
The little fox greedily absorbed the aura around him, and his face was full of intoxication. Although Wang Menglin and Lin Feng didn't know how to practice, they were also extremely relaxed in such an environment.
Maybe it's not a holiday, so there aren't many people coming to climb the mountain, but we only saw a few people sparsely along the way. Even when there are more people on holidays, the vast majority of people only come to enjoy the scenery on the mountain, and there should not be many people who actually come to worship the gods.
"Zijie, Xiaoci, you two are cultivators, you should know the story of the White Lady, is this story true, I heard that the White Lady has been practicing in this Zhangren Mountain for thousands of years?"
When climbing, Wang Menglin suddenly told the story of the White Lady.
The love story of the White Lady and Xu Xian has always been praised by the world, how many young men and girls fantasize that they and their other half can also want to meet each other like the White Lady and Xu Xian, and finally become a family. As for whether this story is true or not, it is impossible to verify, but because of this story, it adds a ray of mystery to Zhangren Mountain.
Although the altitude of Zhangren Mountain is not high, the mountain road is winding, and some places are narrow and steep, and there is a bottomless cliff behind it, which makes people can't help but feel weak.
When passing by the Laojun Pavilion, the Patriarch's Hall and the Shangqing Palace, Wang Menglin and Lin Feng both went in to worship the statues of the gods inside, and the little fox and I also followed. It's just speechless that when we visit the shrine, someone actually collects money for the incense! A good place to preach is stained with a strong smell of money.
I was looking all the way to see if I could meet a person with a high level of Taoism, but to my disappointment, the people I saw wearing Taoist clothes were basically not cultivating, they were just here to maintain the daily order of Zhangren Mountain.
When they climbed halfway up the mountain, Wang Menglin and Lin Feng couldn't climb anymore, so they sat on a smooth stone to rest, and the little fox and I couldn't leave them and walk by ourselves, so we followed them to rest for a while.
After sitting for more than ten minutes, Wang Menglin and Lin Feng hadn't rested enough, so I walked around the neighborhood with Xiaoxi.
Walking in front of a cliff with no trees and looking out at the mountains and mountains makes you feel a sense of suddenness. At this time, all kinds of negative emotions in my heart disappeared with this sudden feeling, and all the forbiddenness, curses, and physical problems were forgotten.
Standing here stunned for ten minutes, the little fox looked in the direction I was looking at, and found nothing interesting, because what the little fox saw was no different from other places except for mountains and trees.
The little fox pursed his mouth and went to play on the other side, while I still stood quietly, staring into the distance.
I have never been so quiet in my mood, and I have never felt so beautiful as at this moment, the great rivers and mountains of the original motherland.
"Alas......"
After seeing such a beautiful view, I couldn't help but sigh. The beautiful scenery in the great rivers and mountains of the motherland is not limited to this one? It's just that I probably don't have much time to be able to go and see some nice views.
"Shouldn't this situation open up the mood? Why did the young man sigh instead? ”
I don't know when, there was an old man in his sixty or seventy years old standing next to me. The old man was in good spirits, with a ruddy complexion, and a fairy style. Although the old man's body was a little thinner, his back was very straight, and most importantly, the old man's body exuded a breath, which was very natural and easy-going.
"Although the scenery is beautiful, maybe I will never have a chance to see it again." I said with a wry smile.
"Oh? You're so young, it's not hard to see the scenery, right? The old man asked.
"Because I'm running out of time." I don't know why, I didn't hide anything from the old man I had never seen before.
"Life and death, reincarnation is endless. Although you have fallen into the death before your eyes, who can be sure when you will step into the door of life again? Besides, the scenery is missed in this life, as long as the scenery is still there, there is still a chance for the next life.
But if the heavens and the earth change color, yin and yang are reversed, everything ceases to exist, and there is probably no meaning in long-term life. The old man looked at me, then looked up into the distance.
The old man's words were quite Zen, as if they meant something.
"Look what this is!"
After the old man finished speaking, the whole person moved, as if he was performing some kind of boxing technique. His movements are natural and fluid, coherent and fluid. Not only that, the old man's movements were obviously not fast, but I felt a little trance and couldn't catch the trajectory.
When the old man closed his fist, a pair of Taiji diagrams rotated around him, and then gradually disappeared.
"What do you see?" The old man looked at me and asked with a smile.
"Yin and yang alternate, the cycle of life and death!"
"Not bad! Yin and yang alternate, the cycle of life and death. As the saying goes, the extreme of things must be opposed, and the extreme of death is life! The old man nodded and said.
"Thank you for your advice!" I bowed to the old man.
"Since you are the one chosen by Destiny, there are some things that you must take responsibility for, and it is useless to blindly evade." The old man put his left hand behind his back and said, still looking into the distance.
"But I'm cultivating now, even if I want to do something, I'm powerless!" I shook my head and said.
"The true Word is never confined to the body. Although the human body can carry aura, it is only a drop in the ocean compared to the aura between heaven and earth. What is monasticism? It's not just about slimming. ”
"Senpai, what do you mean?"
I was a little surprised to hear the old man's words, which seemed to contain some very important information, but I didn't catch it now.
"You have to understand these things yourself, otherwise even if I tell you directly, it won't be of any use. As for your physical condition, that's a real problem. The old man turned around and said.
"Is there a way for the seniors?" My eyes lit up.
"Don't you already have a way? And now that you have phoenix blood, one day, you will be reborn! ”
"But without the true dragon bloodline, my body still can't recover. I once saw a Seven Seas Dragon, but unfortunately I missed it, and now I don't know where to find the dragon's essence blood. ”
"Your priority now is to find Thirty-Six Tiangang as soon as possible, there are many things they can do to help you. As for dragon blood, you can't rush it, and when the time comes, you'll naturally get it. Remember, the fifth tribulation of your life is near, and you have to do it for yourself! The old man took a few steps forward as he spoke. It's just that I didn't expect him to move more than ten zhang away in this step, and when the words fell, where was there still a trace of the old man in front of me?
"Shrink the ground into inches!"
This old man is definitely an incomparably terrifying existence, and he even exerted the legendary supernatural power - shrinking the ground into inches!
Shrinking the ground into inches is a Taoist kung fu, and legend has it that practicing to the realm of high gods can shrink thousands of miles into an inch, but there are very few people who can perform this kung fu at the moment, let alone being able to count a few feet in one step like an old man.
This must be a certain senior who cultivated on Zhangren Mountain, but I don't know why he knows so much about me, and he came forward to give advice.
Originally, I still had some questions I wanted to ask the old man, but I didn't have a chance. Although I only talked to the old man for a few words, his words contained a lot of information, including about the prohibitions and curses on my body, and about my body's inability to cultivate.
"The old man asked me to look for Thirty-six Tiangang? But there's no clue how to find it? These old-timers are really, they speak mysteriously, don't you just tell me it? I grumbled in my heart.
"Brother Zijie, who was that old man just now? Do you know him? "As soon as the old man left, the little raccoon came to me.
"I don't know, the first time I saw it, it should be a certain senior who practiced on the mountain." I shook my head and said.
"He seems to be very powerful, I wanted to come to you when you were talking just now, but I couldn't walk any way, and I couldn't hear what you said." The little fox looked in the direction the old man had left and said in a speechless manner.
"Really? I was talking to him just now, and I didn't notice any of that. ”
"It's good that he's not a bad guy, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to stop him if he were going to attack you." The little fox said smugly.
"Although there are many bad people in this world, not all of them are bad people! Besides, who will do anything to me if there is no injustice or hatred! I said as I gently scratched the civet's Joan's nose.
"Oh!"
"Okay, it is estimated that Meng Lin and Lin Feng have also rested, and we will also go over to meet them. Don't tell others what you just did, lest they make a fuss and have to explain it again when the time comes. I instructed the little raccoon.
"yes, I see." The little fox nodded.
After meeting Wang Menglin, I continued to climb the mountain, during which Wang Menglin and Lin Feng rested several times, and when we reached the top of the mountain, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, a sense of pride of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing all the small mountains" spontaneously emerged, Wang Menglin and Lin Feng even ignored the eyes of others, and shouted loudly towards the mountain a few times.
On the other side of the mountain, their echoes were instantly heard, and the echoes reverberated through the mountains, as if many people were repeating the same sentence at the same time, which was also very strange.
After shouting tired, the two sat down on a stone bench to rest, and suddenly, their attention was attracted by a place. Then they ran towards it, despite their exhaustion.
"Brother Zijie, what is this, the shape is the same as the heart, and there are words engraved on it." The raccoon asked, pointing to the rows of locks hanging from the chains on the side of the stone fence.
I just noticed that someone here is carving concentric locks, and the concentric locks that are densely hung on the face are carved and hung here by tourists who come here, not to mention thousands.
This is called the concentric lock, and two people who love each other will engrave their names on it, hoping that they can be together forever and forever. Of course, there are also people who will engrave the name of their family on it, hoping that the family can be safe. Look, aren't your Sister Menglin and Brother Lin Feng carving! I pointed to Wang Menglin and Lin Feng, who were buying concentric locks and preparing to engrave them.
"Brother Zijie, let's buy a concentric lock too!" The little fox looked at Wang Menglin and Lin Feng, who were queuing up to engrave the lettering, and said.
"Okay!" I didn't think much about it and agreed to it.
The little fox happily dragged me to the shop that sold concentric locks, and carefully selected for a long time before finding a satisfactory lock. I didn't expect to see many people climbing the mountain along the way, but I saw fifty or sixty people here, and there were people lined up in front of me to engrave the lettering.
Fortunately, there is more than one engraving instrument, and after waiting for a few minutes, it is finally Wang Menglin's turn to them.
"Oops, it's ugly to write on a lock with this thing!" Wang Menglin said with some dissatisfaction.
"It's already good, as long as you can get to know each other." Lin Feng smiled and comforted Wang Menglin.
When Wang Menglin and Lin Feng were engraving, a pair of men and women next to them happened to finish the lettering, and now it was my turn and the little fox. I first asked the little fox to engrave my name and her name on the concentric lock, and then I engraved the words "peace and security" on the bottom of the lock, and after carving, the little fox pulled me to the padlock and picked a place to hang it next to the guardrail.
"Wang Menglin, Lin Feng, the world is eternal, forever united, not bad."
When the little fox was in the padlock, I glanced at Wang Menglin's words on the lock, but the handwriting was really not flattering, crooked, no wonder Wang Menglin was not satisfied.